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>>You and your Mates would be more than welcome to visit any Meeting of the Post - ESPECIALLY IN Uniform!<<

Wearing a uniform is the easiest way I know of to make strangers feel confident they know who you are.

I could go downtown and in less than one hour buy a complete set of dress uniforms, probably for every service we have. Greens are as common as cigarette butts.

My reason for stating this is I am reminding you to NEVER to accept packages or fullfil requests from strangers in uniform until you verify their identification. Don't just ask to see their dog tags, ask for their ID Cards and verify who you are speaking with.

Every GI has his ID Card within reach. It is never forgotten at home or left in the car.

Do not say to one man, "May I see your ID Card", ask the entire group, " May I say your ID Cards please?" This is something a GI is very comfortable with. He shows the dang thing to use the restroom in a building where his face isn't recognized.

I believe the number in our current military forces is around 30% of 'foreigners'. Infiltration into the public areas is a simple thing to do for terrorists, especially if they are in a uniform!

Stay alert around strangers. Remind your family members not to assist anyone in uniform until they have seen an ID Card.

Re223 - Good advice indeed; I thought about that, but I don't suppose that many jihaddists would feel a need to infiltrate a Legion post - and complete ID would be required for Membership of course.

Back during 'Nam, some thugs would do just like you said - buy from a pawnshop or steal a uniform in order to con or scam their unsuspecting victims. One of their favorite tricks was to hitchhike; back then a lot of people would stop for a Soldier or Sailor, and sometimes fell for a phony and got raped, mugged, robbed or even murdered for their trouble.

When I was in the Army some 35 years ago, certain "ethinc groups" would routinely "lose" their ID card prior to ETS and secure at least one replacement, which would then get them onto Base and into the PX for cheap cigarettes and beer etc. for years after their "retirement" from active duty.

I don't know if they can still get away with that any more or not.

And don't we know; one of AlQuida's busiest operations is the forgery of documents and ID.

Hopefully, Mil Intel is keeping tabs on plants, infiltrators, and moles within our Military Bases - where we can be sure the enemy would love to have them.
And we can hope that for starters, military members of the ROP are being discretely but carefully watched.

Stay alert around strangers. Remind your family members not to assist anyone in uniform until they have seen an ID Card.

Hell yes! Even "I" can go to the Army Navy Store and outfit myself in the "latest military gear." You betcha. And they don't ask for any ID card there either. Pathetic, isn't it!

Now we have to ask ourselves "Are they military or are they not!"